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Definition 2024
upside-down
upside down
See also: upsidedown
English
Alternative forms
- up so down (14th-16th centuries)
Adverb
- Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom.
- The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.
- In great disorder.
- The thief had turned the room upside down.
- Shakespeare
- This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died.
Translations
inverted
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in great disorder
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Adjective
- Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom.
- The pattern resembled an upside down letter W.
- In great disorder.
- 1901, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The lion's whelp: a story of Cromwell's time (page 248)
- The wenches and the men have been on the streets all day, and the kitchen is upside down. You never saw the like.
- 1901, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The lion's whelp: a story of Cromwell's time (page 248)
- (finance) Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity.
- He's upside down on his mortgage.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (having negative equity): underwater
Translations
inverted
having negative equity